Post connection for vehicle bodies



May 17, 1927.

A. L. LAMBERT POST CONNECTION FOR VEHICLE BODIES Filed April 27. 1925 ATTORNEY AiBEnT L. LAI/Inner, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AssIGNORrO yHEIN-frz VMANUFAC'IURINGr COMPANY., 'on' PHILADELPHIA, BennNSYLVA1\TIA, A CORPORA rIoN or PENNSYLVANIA. z

ros'r CONNECTION non VEHICLE BODIES.

Applicaticn'led April 2f?, 16325.`v Serial No. 25,968.

rlllhis invention relates to means for 1nount-' ing a post on a vehicle body, especially on an vautor-nobile body, `andl the principal ob ject oft my inven-t-ionis to .provide simple and r bydirec-tedl to the accompanying. drawings,l

forming f1-part of Lthis application and i'll: s#Y

' tr-ating cert-ain possible embodiments Tot my iny'e.ntionl` Referring to thed'rawinfgs, Fig'. EL is a perspective yimg-showing a post attachment means secured to a yehicle body trai-ne where a cross-piecel ineets aside sill, only fragments of! the side sill and cross' piece being shown; Fig. 2 'is a sectional View of the same, taken on the line 2 2 of 3, butJ includes' anv attached-post; Fig'. 'is -a '-horiZontalfsectional View Aot' :the sani-e, 'takenfon the line 3-3 of Fig-2, showing a post place; and-:Fig esimiliar'to Fig. 2, but shows a' Vmodified construction which may bey used when there is no; crosspiece present, and" also shows a modilied manner ol? engaginet'he attachment l1bolts. f 'f 1 'la-r reference4 cl'iarac-ters V refer .to sil'. v"parts th-rouglli-out"the 'several views of the/drawings. 'V Y "Ret-*erring to liev dra-Swings, 'a vehicle trame inenliber Lwllieli inaylse a slide sill, is shown V-l'o'eing ini tile form oft 'aboX channel, having top wall 2, bottom wall 3, outer wall 4, andan inner ,wall formed Otan upper wall portion 5'-, which-meets al 'lower wall portion 6 along inwardly extending, abutting flanges At the place where the post connection is to be made, the top wall 2, andthe upper portion 5 of the inner wall of the framel member, are cut away, and here the post connecting member is permanently attached thereto. 'As shown, this member is constructed of two complementary sections, 8 and 9, each forming a. vertical half of the connection. has a vertical postengaging portion or Wall 10, below which is a wing or Web 11 eX- tending to the lett and arranged to come part pointed out here- Referring toy Fig. l, section 8r against andl to bev welded. .or riveted to vthe inner face .ot outer Walll t of. thesill beneath its topwall 2. Along the right hand ott-to tlieilettso as to'come against 'thev inner. face lot-sill" wallportion G in positionto-"be welded ior ..riyetedfstliereto. Y"The loompflemen-e. section Qhas a similar vertical post engaging portion .or Wall l5, .below which is 'a similar win-g or web extending .toi the' right andalso arranged to come again-st and be' "weldedor riveted Eto the. inner face of outer wall 4 et tlie'sill1-beneath its `top wall 2. :Along the lett handedgeof' wall 15is an` inwardly directed portion l?, from the upper part of which 'a1 flange 18. is broken olif to the leinwand :trom the-lower. part. of which ay wing 19 is broken oli .toI .the right soas toy come .against .the inner tace .of sill vwall portion z6. in position to. be welded or iii-noted' t'laciietoi' yPilefferalaly the .portions 10 f and" are :in .the same plane; A:The .comu

pleinentary :flanges 13' and` i8; arel positioned to .overlapxeach other, and to .be secured toj- ,ejether by welding or riveting. .Thus the inwardly directed portions"intermediate pontions l0 and .an exterior recess or channel'. Bolt' engagingineans are".dis.

posed inl this recess.

The post 20, to 'be connectedgis: chanixoled l Y y folien off to 'theY rig-"ht, and from. 'the lower :partei which wingleqis broken there-for in the dan'gees'l" andllS' .of :the post l connecting sections', fand'fzenfgage i:n threaded holes 24, which are 'formed in a metal block 25 disposed in the channel or recess of the connecting membenand which functions as a substitute for nuts for the bolts.

lf'a cross-piece 32 is present, where the post connection is to beV made, forlinstance,

a cross-piece-of channel shape inv cross-section, and open upwardly," the inwardly directedportions 12 and 17 of sections 8 and 9 maybe formed to have inwardly extending arm port-ions, 27 and 28, betweeirwhich is disposed and secured an inverted channel member 26, which has anges 33 arranged to rest oli-the bottom wall 34 of member 32A and to be welded or riveted thereto, thus securing a firm connection not only between the post and side sill, but alsobetween the post and cross-piece and between the sill and the cross-piece. As shown in Fig. 4, where there is no cross-piece, the arm portions 27 and 28 may be left off.

The upwardly extending portion ofthe connecting member may or may not be flanged on the outside edges, as at 29, to overlap the side faces of the post 20, as desired.

Instead of providing the special nutvmember 25, vnut pockets 30 may be formed out of sheet metalto` receive and hold ordinary nuts 31,and these pocketmeinbers with the nutsthereinvmay be welded within the channel oftlie connecting member` to hold the nuts' in `position for engagement by bolts 22.

' In the above manner an inexpensive post connection is secured, and a connection which permits ready and easy attachment and detachment of a post, and which is adapted to hold a post rigidly and firmly against loosening or displacement.

4 Preferably thesections l8 and 9 comprise sheet metal stampings, but, if desired, they may be forgings or castings.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and asmany apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scopethereof, it is intendedthat all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.`

Vhat I claim is f s 1. 'A post Aconnecting member of the character described, comprising two coinplementary sections, each having post engaging wall portions, and having adjacent inwardly directed portions forming anexterior iecess between said wall portions, said sections having at said recess overlapping portions secured together. A

2. A post connecting member of the character described, comprising two complementary sect1ons,.each having post engaging wall portions, and having adjacent inwardly directed portions forming an exterior recess between said wall portions, said sections having at said recess overlapping portions secured together, and bolt engaging means in said recess. i

3. A post connecting member of the character described, comprising two compleinentary sections, each having post engaging wall portions, and having adjacent inwardly dii'ected portions forming an exterior recess between said wall portions, said sections having at said recess overlapping, portions sey cured togetherbolt engaging means in said recess, and a bolt penetrating said overlapping portions and engaging with said bolty engaging means. f

4. A post connecting member of the character described, comprising two complementary sections, each having post engaging wall portions, and havingadjacent inwardly'di-` rected portions forming an exterior recess between said wall portions, said sections having at'said recess overlapping portions secured together, a post recessed to receive said inwardly directed portion and fitting `against the post engaging portion of the-connecting Y member, and bolts extending through the post and engaging said means, for securing the post tightly to the post engaging portion of the connecting member.

5. The combination with a hollow sheet metal sill having inner and outerfwall portions,of a post connecting member comprising two complementary sections, each including wingsv yabutting and secured to the interior surfaces of the inner and outer lsill walls,l and each, including a post engaging wall -portion extending'above the outer sill wall, said post engaging portions having adjacent inwardly-depressed portions overlapping each other and forming anV exterior recess between the wall portions, a post recessed to fitr around said depressed portions and seating ,against the inside of said post engaging wall portions, and bolts-penetrating said post and overlapping portions and i ALBERT L. LAMBERT. 

